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View all search resultsPresident, House responsible for waning trust in KPK: ICW
The corruption watchdog has pointed to the President and the legislature as being primarily responsible for the KPK's downfall in public trust through the 2019 revision to the KPK Law.
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Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairman Firli Bahuri greets journalists ahead of a press conference on July 23, 2020 at the KPK headquarters in Jakarta. (Antara/M. Risyal Hidayat)
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oth President Joko Widodo and the House of Representatives are responsible for eroding public trust in the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), according to the Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW).
Indonesia’s antigraft movement has mourned the lingering death of the once-powerful institution, which activists claim has been systematically sabotaged by politicians and power brokers fearful of getting caught in its net.
In a statement issued on Monday regarding the results of a recent poll charting the KPK’s fall in public ratings in recent years, ICW researcher Kurnia Ramadhana noted the three main reasons for this.
“There are three sides that are most responsible for the current state of the KPK. First of all, the President, and second, the House,” he said, as quoted by Kompas.com.
The President and the legislature had “dismantled” the antigraft body by revising the 2002 KPK Law. They had also allowed the installation of a “problematic” commissioner at its helm, he added.
Kurnia said the “third side” equally responsible for the KPK’s public decline was its leadership, especially its head, former police general Firli Bahuri.
“[The commissioners] hold the highest authority in the antigraft body. With the amount of controversy they have spawned, combined with the drop in [the number of] cases the commission has prosecuted, it is no wonder the public is reluctant to maintain its trust in the KPK,” he stressed.
